#wiener opera streams

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sharing something like this...

also I’m in love with her…

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Opera Streams: Mid-Late December 2024

15th: Rachmaninoff's Aleko (alt link) from Greek National Opera. Featuring Tassis Christoyannis, Yannis Christopoulos, and Myrsini Margariti. Subscription.

20th: Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin from Finnish National Opera. Featuring Iurii Samoilov, Aistė Pilibov, and Tigran Hakobyan. Free!

21st: Rameau's Les Fêtes d'Hébé (alt link) from Opéra-Comique. Featuring Lea Desandre, Cyril Auvity, Marc Mauillon, and Ana Vieira Leite. In celebration of William Christie's 80th birthday. Subscription.

26th: Verdi's Rigoletto from Teatro Real. Featuring Javier Camarena, Ludovic Tézier, and Adela Zaharia. Free!

31st: Strauss II's Die Fledermaus from Wiener Staatsoper. Featuring Georg Nigl, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, and Wolfgang Bankl. Free (with login)!

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petition for opera houses to stop creating their own streaming platforms and instead contribute to one or two centralised streaming services that already cost enough as is. i am looking at you @ la scala, wiener staatsoper, roh, the met, and bayreuth. there are just too many streaming platforms popping up and on every platform, there are probably just a few things of interest. not everyone can afford or wants to maintain so many subscriptions, and even if you can, it’s insufferably annoying and financially not worth it. additionally, it might put the availability of other, older recordings that have previously been available on more centralised platforms like medici tv or myfidelio in jeopardy if opera houses decide, suddenly, that they want their old productions to only be available on *their* platforms. and if the kupfer ring and the centenary ring disappear, i will scream. i WILL. also, what happens to free services like arte concert? things better still appear there for a limited time and not go directly to the new streaming platforms because that would just suck.

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Antonacci/DiDonato/Jovanovich Troyens streamed from Vienna tonight? FUCK YES

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Today I am in Vienna!

Today I will be in the most magnificent city on this planet. The Metropolitan Opera in New York is playing operas I am not interested in, so I will not be here. Today, mind and ears will be in Vienna. To my wonderful friends in Vienna, do not try to meet me, for I will be only at the Wiener Staatsoper, and will not be visiting any coffeehouses this time. “Das Veratene Meer”, from Hans Werner…

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Did you all see that Vienna is streaming again this week?!

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You can stream the Wiener Staatsballet's Sylvia today for free!

It's the Manuel Legris production, and the cast includes Nikisha Fogo, Denys Cherevychko and Davide Dato. I'm really looking forward to see Fogo in this!

It should be starting in about one hour and I think it'll be available for 24 hours (at least that's the case with operas)

You need to install an app and create an account to watch on mobile but it's quick and easy, and I think you can watch from their website in desktop.

[barcarole]

do you have any advice on how to get into opera when you don't speak italian/german/etc ? sorry if someone has already asked this!

The best thing is to watch a Livestream/live recording with subtitles, the language barrier won’t be a problem anymore. You could also watch an opera film. Personally, though, I dislike this medium (I believe much of what makes opera so special - the theater - gets lost and muddled), with a few exceptions like Bergman’s Trollflöjten (most of it is set on/for the stage), Zulawski’s Godunov, Stroyeva’s Godunov, Straub & Huillet’s Moses und Aron, Powell and Pressburger’s The Tales of Hoffman, Losey’s Don Giovanni, Hess’s Wozzeck. Many times I just listen to a recording without paying much attention to the libretto or the story (you can read it later/while you’re listening to it if you wish) and solely concentrate on the music.

Edit: The MET, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Wiener Staatsoper and the Digital Concert Hall are providing free access to their live streams and broadcasts, so you can take advantage of that as well.

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also apparently it’s Mozart Week at Vienna and here’s the lineup:

Sunday, February 7, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (performance of February 4, 2021) Opera buffa in four acts Musical direction: Philippe Jordan Production: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle With among others: Andrè Schuen, Federica Lombardi, Philippe Sly, Louise Alder, Virginie Verrez Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart DON GIOVANNI (performance of November 1, 2015) Dramma giocosa in two acts Musical direction: Adam Fischer Production: Jean-Louis Martinoty With, among others: Mariusz Kwiecien, Erwin Schrott, Marina Rebeka, Juliane Banse, Benjamin Bruns Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (performance of April 4, 2016). Dramma serio per musica in two acts Musical direction: Adam Fischer Production: Jürgen Flimm With among others: Benjamin Bruns, Caroline Wenborne, Margarita Gritskova, Hila Fahima, Miriam Albano Thursday, February 11, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (performance of February 4, 2021) Opera buffa in four acts Musical direction: Philippe Jordan Production: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle With among others: Andrè Schuen, Federica Lombardi, Philippe Sly, Louise Alder, Virginie Verrez Friday, February 12, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart THE MAGIC FLUTE (performance of January 4, 2015) Opera in two acts Musical direction: Adam Fischer Production: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier With among others: Benjamin Bruns, Olga Bezsmertna, Íride Martínez, Markus Werba, Annika Gerhards Saturday, February 13, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (performance from October 12, 2020) German Singspiel in three acts Musical direction: Antonello Manacorda Production: Hans Neuenfels With among others: Lisette Oropesa, Christian Nickel, Regula Mühlemann, Emanuela von Frankenberg, Stella Roberts, Daniel Behle, Michael Laurenz, Christian Natter, Ludwig Blochberger, Goran Jurić.

(they also did Idomeneo last week instead for some reason but I did catch it and it was very strangely edited and the production concept was strange but Idamante was very cute) (also the very cute Idamante is playing Sesto in the Clemenza) (also this is like the third time they’ve changed the streaming date for Nozze so I hope this one sticks)

https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/staatsoper/media/detail/news/current-streaming-schedule/

(Final note: they do make you log into an account to watch now but it’s still free and you just need a username and password)

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Opera Streams: Early-Mid November 2024

2nd: Wagner's Das Rheingold from La Scala. Featuring Michael Volle, Norbert Ernst, and Christa Mayer. Rental.

2nd: Donizetti's Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali from Wexford Festival Opera. Featuring Sharleen Joynt, Giuseppe Toia, and Paolo Bordogna. Free!

3rd: Britten's Billy Budd from Wiener Staatsoper. Featuring Huw Montague Rendall, Gregory Kunde, and Brindley Sherratt. Free (with login)!

6th: Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment from Opéra de Paris. Featuring Julie Fuchs, Lawrence Brownlee, Lionel Lhote, and Susan Graham. Rental or subscription.

9th: Verdi's La Traviata from Nationaltheater Mannheim. Featuring Seunghee Kho, Sun Min Song, and Nikola Diskić. Free!

Archival alert: On November 13th, Medici is adding a bunch of rarely-filmed Mozart pieces from the 2006 Salzburg Festival.

EDIT: The Met is making all of their Puccini productions FREE to stream for the month of November!

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Upcoming live-streams of Ballet Performances + Other Resources

Bolshoi’s “Swan Lake” - Svetlana Zakharova, Denis Rodkin, Artemy Belyakov.

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Bolshoi’s “Sleeping Beauty” - Svetlana Zakharova, David Hallber, Maria Allash.

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Mariinsky Theatre program

The Mariinsky Theatre has prepared a unique programme to mark World Theatre Day. Each day from 26 to 29 March mariinsky.tv will be broadcasting dazzling performances and glittering gala concerts: the grand opening of the Mariinsky-II featuring Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo, Diana Vishneva, Ulyana Lopatkina and many other stars, the oratorio Ivan the Terrible with Alexei Petrenko and the symphonic tale Peter and the Wolf with Konstantin Khabensky as the respective Narrators, a performance by Alexandre Kantorow accompanied by the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev and the ballet Konyok-Gorbunok (The Little Humpbacked Horse) with Alina Somova and Vladimir Shklyarov.

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I’m putting together a list of online resources for ballet lovers. If you can think of any other links that should be on here, please let me know!

Ballet classes and exercises:

Context Pro - Diana Vishneva’s ballet studio

Pro Ballet - Ilya Kuznetsov’s and Sol Kim’s ballet studio

Evgenia Obraztsova (Bolshoi)

Maria Khoreva (Mariinsky)

Tiler Peck (NYCB)

Tamara Rojo (English National Ballet)

Dutch National Opera and Ballet

Watch ballet at home

Stay at Home with Russian Seasons - new online program

Bolshoi Theatre (login / sign-up is required)

Wiener Staatsoper

Metropolitan Opera

Berliner Philharmoniker (free offer expires March 31)

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Bayerische Staatsoper

Ballet Blogs

Joy Womack

Kathryn Morgan

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just in case you didn't know already, a bunch of opera houses (wiener staatsoper, etc.) are streaming old recordings for free! watched tosca yesterday and thought of you ;)

I truly love that my #brand is strong enough that not a single day of this quarantine has gone by without a random acquaintance sending me a message like this.

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Today’s the livestream of Die Entführung aus dem Serail from the Wiener Staatsoper, starring (among others) Lisette Oropesa!

Stay tuned for a liveblog!

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Mostly Mezzo Mondays: Connolly, DiDonato (x2), Invernizzi, Antonacci, Cargill (x2), Leonard, Bartoli (vintage), Barton, and Röschmann

Mostly Mezzo Mondays: a recurring (though not weekly) feature where, on Monday nights, I blog a list of the upcoming broadcasts that have caught my eye on World Concert Hall. My interests: baroque vocal music, art song recitals, and a list of favorite singers.

Mostly Mezzo Mondays has been mostly on hiatus in recent weeks, but it is back today with an absolute MEZZ-o-RAMA of upcoming broadcasts, plus a few of my favorite sopranos thrown into the mix, covering a huge range of repertoire. There should be something for everyone in this week’s MMM.

First and foremost in my heart, we have Dame Sarah Connolly among the soloists for a Beethoven Missa Solemnis recorded at a concert in Berlin in 2018. Malin Hartelius, Steve Davislim, and Hanno Müller-Brachmann fill out the rest of the vocal soloists’ roster; they sing with Le Concert Olympique and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor conducted by Jan Caeyers. Unlike many of the other performances in this week’s MMM list, this one has not (to my knowledge) been broadcast previously. Tuesday, April 28 on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Joyce DiDonato sings the title role in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s series of free video streams; Elza van den Heever plays her rival Elisabetta in this production from 2013. Tuesday, April 28 on the Met website.

I admire Roberta Invernizzi’s work in Italian baroque repertoire; I look forward to hearing what she can do with Elizabethan and early English baroque music in the first half of a recital recorded in early 2018. The second half of the program, which she shares with lutenists Franco Pavan and Ugo Di Giovanni, turns to Italian works. Wednesday, April 29 on Rai Radio 3. 

The Wiener Staatsoper’s free video stream offerings this week include a production of Berlioz’s Les Troyens from 2018 with Anna Caterina Antonacci in the role of Cassandre and Joyce DiDonato as Didon. Thursday, April 30 via the Staatsoper’s streaming platform.

Fans of Karen Cargill may want to catch the re-broadcast of her performance in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC National Chorus of Wales, and the Boy and Girl Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral, recorded in 2017. Thursday, April 13 on BBC Radio 3.

A mezzo gets the title role in a second Met video stream this week: Isabel Leonard sings the lead in Nico Muhly’s Marnie. Iestyn Davies and Christopher Maltman also star in the production, which was filmed in 2018. Thursday, April 30 on the Met website.

Karen Cargill sings the role of Marguerite in Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust; Bryan Hymel and Gerald Finley sing Faust and Mephistopheles, respectively, in a rebroadcast of a 2017 performance with the London Symphony Orchestra. Friday, May 1 on BBC Radio 3.

I promised there would be something for everyone in this week’s MMM, and that includes some vintage Cecilia Bartoli in a concert of Italian baroque arias that she performed along with Le Musiche Nove in 2002. Friday, May 1 on SWR 2.

Jamie Barton sings the role of Fricka in Wagner’s Das Rheingold; Iain Paterson is her Wotan in a 2014 production from the Houston Grand Opera. Saturday, May 2 on the radio station HPM Classical.

And finally, Dorothea Röschmann sings three fragments from Berg’s Wozzeck as part of a concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker recorded in 2018. Saturday, May 2 on RBB Kultur.

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Review #10: Tosca at Wiener Staatsoper

24 March 2020, recording from 17 February 2019

Taking a break from the Met’s Nightly Opera Streams because I have a hard time tolerating Wagner. The Wiener Staatsoper’s streaming service works well once you pass the hurdle of creating an account, and there’s a lot of extra content that I didn’t have the time (or German proficiency) to indulge in.

I forgot to read the synopsis beforehand, so a lot of the opera’s plot went over my head. The, uhh, creative English subtitles didn’t help the case. One thing’s for sure: Scarpia is a nasty snake and I cheered when he got stabbed to death.

Sondra Randvanovsky is amazing. An angelic voice.

Tosca has to be my favourite Puccini opera so far. I know I said I didn’t follow along with the plot, but the music is just that good.